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Fill AIIMS Delhi, NIMHANS Bangalore vacancies; use population as basis for new medical colleges: Panel

Parliamentary committee on health and family welfare’s reports also raise fee issue, push for capping of MBBS seats

Making Future Founders: Incubation centres, govt schemes are boosting startups, student entrepreneurship

IIM Ahmedabad, Bangalore, ISB Hyderabad, Amity University provide seed funding, mentorship via Atal Incubation Centres to help students get startup ideas off the ground

FORE Delhi director: ‘Indian B-schools have become overtly placement-driven’

FORE School of Management director discusses curriculum gaps, how specialisations can be risky for fresh MBA graduates, NIRF rankings 2025, and more

Are NEET, JEE Main based on NCERT books? Why NTA won’t say clearly

NTA insists its exams are not NCERT textbooks-based but decisions on answer keys and JEE Main, NEET syllabus, RTI reply and coaching institutes say otherwise

21 IIMs have less than 200 SC, ST, OBC teachers against 1,880 sanctioned posts despite quota law

IIM Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Lucknow among worst performers; while Jammu has one ST teacher on rolls, Calcutta has none; Kozhikode has 21 of 33 reserved posts vacant

Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas retain only 50% higher-class students despite improved enrolment: Govt data

Retention rate a healthier 84.2% in middle school while dropout rates improve across levels, but 370 KGBVs still non-functional, government tells Rajya Sabha

3.5 lakh lack uniforms, books a year late in Odisha schools as half of Samagra Shiksha funds lie idle: CAG

GER in Odisha schools declining, 89% higher secondary ones have adverse teacher-pupil ratios, transition rate from secondary to higher secondary dips; here’s what CAG suggests

Tezpur University Protest: VC behind research setback, financial and hiring ‘irregularities’, allege teachers

Computer sciences’ Dhruba Kumar Bhattacharrya has reluctantly taken charge of Tezpur University to ‘manage crisis’ but awaits education ministry’s nod

Education Loan: PM Vidyalaxmi approvals at 54%; panel says ditch income, choose ration card for eligibility

Student loan accounts fell from 23 lakh to 21 lakh while outstanding amounts tripled, 15% approved PM Vidyalakshmi amount disbursed; Digvijaya Singh-led panel seeks 2-year moratorium

Parliament panel flags large-scale vacancies in research bodies, low stipends; suggests fellowship hikes

Multiple ICSSR institutes are headless. ICHR, ICPR, IIAS stipends are far below UGC NET JRF’s. The committee also suggests making Auroville an Institute of National Importance